Analog-Digital Hybrid Modulation
for improved efficiency over Broadband Wireless Systems
This paper seeks to present ways to eliminate the inherent quantization noise component
in digital communications, instead of conventionally making it minimal. It deals with a
new concept of signaling called the Signal Code Modulation (SCM) Technique. The
primary analog signal is represented by: a sample which is quantized and encoded
digitally, and an analog component, which is a function of the quantization component of
the digital sample. The advantages of such a system are two sided offering advantages of
both analog and digital signaling. The presence of the analog residual allows for the
system performance to improve when excess channel SNR is available. The digital
component provides increased SNR and makes it possible for coding to be employed to
achieve near error-free transmission.
we introduce the concept of Signal Code Modulation (SCM) which utilizes both the
analog, as well as, digital modulation techniques. The primary analog input signal is
sampled at the appropriate rate and quantized. The digital samples are denoted by
symbols D. The resulting D symbols are then transmitted using digital transmission
techniques (like QAM) optimized for that channel. Those D symbols represent N bits per
analog input sample.
The quantization residual, which is not left behind, is transmitted over the noisy channel
as an analog symbol A, corresponding to the digital symbol D,To produce the
quantization error A, the quantized data is converted back into analog form and
subtracted from the original analog input signal. This symbol A, for noise immunity, is
amplified by a gain of 2N (or any proportional factor that will optimize the voltage swing
of the signal with that of the channel).